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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did White do before attending college?
(a) Served in the army.
(b) Lived in New York.
(c) Worked for his father.
(d) Fulfilled an apprenticeship.

2. How did police mostly do their patrols when White was living in New York?
(a) They rode horses.
(b) They rode bicycles.
(c) They used cars.
(d) They walked.

3. How do police mostly do their patrols while White is writing this book?
(a) They ride horses.
(b) They walk.
(c) They go in cars.
(d) The ride bicycles.

4. What does White say a bus driver in New York will do if someone asks them a silly question?
(a) Slap them.
(b) Charge them double.
(c) Kick them off.
(d) Lie in response.

5. How does White say many visitors to New York get lost?
(a) They try to follow a map.
(b) They don't ask for directions.
(c) They take the wrong subway.
(d) They get their north confused with their south.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is the usual tourist season in New York?

2. What occupation did White have when he lived in New York as a young man?

3. Why will a visitor to New York have a hard time understanding the waiters, according to White?

4. Where did White live for a while when he was poor in New York?

5. How many people does White say would be killed if an enemy used his suggested weapon on the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does White compare the feeling the city gives the citizens to?

2. Where did White live while he was very poor in New York?

3. How does White show the amazing variety of people living in New York?

4. What does White say called him to New York?

5. What does the piece say that White quotes about newcomers in New York?

6. What does White say about the Empire State building?

7. Why does White say the people in New York always build skyward?

8. What does White say all people in New York are looking for?

9. What does White say about the subterranean pipes in New York?

10. What about New York does White say is outlandish?

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